#4A237E#4A237E

#4A237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.145 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A237E
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 38.16, -44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 58.75, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.35% 0.0691 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(36.35% 0.145 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1900, 4.1642, 20.1596)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A237E #577E23

analogous

#232A7E #4A237E #78237E

triadic

#4A237E #7E4A23 #237E4A

tetradic

#4A237E #7E232A #577E23 #237E78

square

#4A237E #7E232A #577E23 #237E78

split-complementary

#4A237E #7E7823 #2A7E23

monochromatic

#12081E #2E164E #4A237E #6630AE #854ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4A237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4A237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A237E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A237E	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.145 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161a4',
    500: '#4a237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a237e;
$custom-light: #8161a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36348,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A237E

secondary

#86B04C

accent

#E0489F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A237E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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